By Michelle Ruschman
When missionaries, Mike and Libby Wild, began making videos with their four sons in 2011, no one in the family dreamed it would one day become Wild Brothers Productions. In less than 10 years, what started as a video series for friends and family in the Niceville area,...
By Doug Stauffer
Decades ago, Jay Odom started his academic journey at what was then called Okaloosa Walton Junior College in a Volkswagen with no reverse. Fast forward to today, and he is helping to pave the way for a state-of-the-art student housing facility named Raider Village at Northwest Florida...
It is with great pleasure to introduce a truly, community-oriented newspaper to the locals of Fort Walton Beach. FWB Life has joined the Life Media family of local newspapers (Bay Life, Destin Life, SoWal Life and PCB Life) with the publishing of this new edition. Residents and business owners—you...
By Barbara Palmgren
Long before there were courses in Destin, there was the city course of Fort Walton Beach.
The municipal golf course in Fort Walton Beach began slowly, built to its 36-championship status over several decades. The 18-hole Pines course was built in 1961. The Oaks course opened with nine...
By Lori Leath Smith
Each year at this time, some of the area’s top high school, collegiate, amateur, professional, Special Olympics athletes and individuals who have fostered youth activities are honored during the annual All Sports Association’s (ASA) Awards Banquet. The ASA is a Northwest Florida non-profit organization whose primary...
Happy Birthday FWB Life!
WOW! FWB Life has published its first anniversary issue! Thank you Fort Walton Beach community for your support.
If we’ve learned anything in the past year (really the past eight years of Life Media), it’s that stories about people in our community (heroes, business owners, organization leaders,...
By Michelle Nicholson
There’s typically a range of emotions when you start talking about Spring Break rolling back around in Okaloosa County; those who welcome the influx and those who don’t. It’s important to remember our county caters primarily to families who travel here to enjoy the warmer temperatures, crystal...
On Sept. 6, Sharing & Caring of Okaloosa County, Inc. commemorated the completion of its recent building expansion project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house to show off Fort Walton Beach food bank’s new facilities. The project included a 900-square-foot addition to the east end of the building...
By Doug Stauffer
Leadership Okaloosa, a well-respected leadership training and development program with a 30-year history, held its annual graduation ceremony at the Northwest Florida State College. The ceremony brought together the college and its partners, including the Crestview, Destin, Niceville-Valparaiso and Fort Walton Beach Chambers of Commerce. Together, they honored the graduates who had completed the...
